Introduction to Adobe Illustrator for Fashion Design
Course 3: Items and Garment Details: How to represent ruffles or pleats? Pen Tool
By Mila Moura , Clothing and Textile Designer
About the video: How to represent ruffles or pleats? Pen Tool
Overview
“Did you ever wonder how tables, pleats, ruffles can be drawn in Illustrator? In this unit, I'll explain everything about the Pen tool and discover how to configure the segments to generate visual volume and movement. ”
In this video lesson Mila Moura addresses the topic: How to represent ruffles or pleats? Pen Tool, which is part of the Domestika online course: Course 3: Items and Garment Details. Edit your sketch and add buckles, seams, bows, and volume..
Partial transcription of the video
“ADDING ELEMENTS TO GARMENTS / COURSE 3 UNIT 5 How to represent ruffles or pleats Pen Tool In this unit we will return to the Pen tool, giving it a new use to be able to draw ruffles, pleats, tucks and others. We will also delve in more detail into how to generate visual volume and movement. Let's go. Let's start by placing a reference photo to first understand the technique and then we'll try to do it freehand. For that, remember that we can go to File, Place, or we could directly open the window and drag this over here. I will leave this photo in Additional Resources and I will take the op...”
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Course summary for: Course 3: Items and Garment Details

Mila Moura
By Mila Moura
Camila Aguirre Moura, also known as Mila, is a clothing and textile designer. While studying her degree at the Universidad de Palermo in Buenos Aires, she was offered the role of assistant professor, thus sparking her interest in teaching which culminated in the creation of María de los Geometrales, now known as Estudio MG, in 2014.
Estudio MG is a hub for students, fashion designers, and industry professionals who want to learn new skills to digitalize and boost their projects. They offer intensive workshops on topics such as digital figurines, garment specification sheets, and print design, among others. They also advise brands and entrepreneurs helping them to develop the technical side of their collections, from the digitalization of designs to networking with workshops and suppliers.
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